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WH. Western History Collection

 Record Group
Identifier: WH

Found in 3350 Collections and/or Records:

7th Avenue Congregational Church of Christ Records

 Collection
Identifier: WH2513
Content Description

The collection dates from between 1905 and 2006 and documents the history of the 7th Avenue Congregational Church of Christ. The collection includes two scrapbooks containing clippings and handwritten notes; a Church Roll and Record Book containing membership, baptismal, wedding, death, and funeral information; correspondence; church programs; photocopies of marriage licenses; programs and writings from other churches; a b/w photograph; pamphlet; and handwritten prayer.

Dates: 1905-2006

10th Mountain Division Hut Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: WH1872
Scope and Contents

Collection contains correspondence, maps, by-laws, plans, meeting minutes, position papers, fund raising materials, financial statements, articles, brochures, marketing material, postcards, notes, news clippings, hut information, promotional water bottle. Materials related to the construction of the Uncle Bud hut for the 10th Mountain Division Hut and Trail Assoc. (1983-2012).

Dates: 1980-2012

20th Street Viaduct

 Collection
Identifier: M1071
Scope and Contents

Documents regarding the 20th Street Viaduct in Denver, Colorado, including blueprints, correspondence, and information from the Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service.

Dates: 1992

26 Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: WH1010
Scope and Contents

By-laws; financial records; vendor files; correspondence; member files; annual reports; newsletters; photographs of past presidents. Boxes 34-43 are restricted. They contain detailed personnel information including social security numbers, wage and tax information, and addresses.

Dates: 1959-1986

41st Consecutive Constitutional Convention of the United Mine Workers of America, Cincinnati, Ohio

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Collection 269
Scope and Contents

Panoramic photograph. Group portrait of members of the United Mine Workers of America at their 41st consecutive constitutional convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dates: 1952 October

99th Infantry Battalion Records

 Collection
Identifier: WH597
Scope and Contents

Collection includes biographical files, news clippings, memorials, tributes, photographs, reunion materials; also various issues of 474 findings, Herald-Saga, Spearhead 474 Infantry Regiment (Separate) newspapers.

Dates: 1942-1945, 1985, 1989

1400-04 Larimer St Elevations

 Collection
Identifier: M1265
Scope and Contents

Includes blueprint drawings of 14th Street elevation and Larimer Street elevation, copy of Denver Landmark Preservation Commission Request for Landmark Designation (2 sheets), and 1 color photoprint taken from Larimer Street.

Dates: circa 1960-1980

3625 W. 32nd Ave. Historical Survey

 Collection
Identifier: WH2094
Scope and Contents

Collection contains materials compiled for a State Historical Fund Architectural Building Survey Class (2008): correspondence, forms, research, photos and CD-Rom.

Dates: 2008

A Bachelor of Arts Didn't Come Easy in the 20's

 Collection
Identifier: M1320
Scope and Contents

Article printed in Knox College (Galesburg IL) Fifty Year Club Bulletin (Winter, 1986)

Dates: 1986

A Brief History of Mt. Princeton Hot Springs

 Collection
Identifier: M662
Scope and Contents

Typed manuscript of book about the Colorado hot springs.

Dates: 1959

A. C. Dewees Diary

 Collection
Identifier: M1603
Scope and Contents

Pocket record book of prospecting and mining activities in Leadville and elsewhere in Colorado. Also a few items of business transaction (1881-1886).

Dates: May 3, 1879-August 31, 1882

A Chapter of Early History of Turkey Creek and Parmalee Gulch

 Collection
Identifier: M1337
Scope and Contents

Personal narrative history of Parmalee Gulch, Colorado, and map titled: From Denver to Morrison, up the scenic part of Turkey Creek, up Parmalee Gulch and down Bear Creek to Denver. A distance of 47 miles."

Dates: 1924

A Collection of Trade Cards

 Collection
Identifier: WH1855
Scope and Contents

Choromolithographed trade or advertising cards; companies include Lions Coffee, Star Wind Mill, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., Henderson's Red House Shoes, Highland Evaporated Cream, Libbey Glass, American Sewing Machine Co., Domestic Sewing Machine Co., Eldredge Sewing Machines,Wichita Soap Mfg. Co., and Garland Stoves and Ranges.

Dates: 1865-1900

A Cooperative Highway Effort Thru the Rocky Mountains

 Collection
Identifier: WH1423
Scope and Contents

Scrapbooks contain text, drawings, photographs of places along I-70 highway in Colorado. Introduction by F. C. Turner, Colorado Director of Public Roads.

Dates: 1969

A. G. Wallihan Autobiogaphy

 Collection
Identifier: M812
Scope and Contents

Collection contains an autobiography by Wallihan that tells of his big game hunting and wild game photography; introduction by Charles Roth; notes by Chauncey Thomas.

Dates: 1932-1938

A. J. Bean Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH846
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a folder with 11 letters (letters were attempts to collect debts owed to the estate of Captain Bean, who had recently died) addressed to Edwin W. Burton, Esq., a Gunnison, Colo. attorney who was collecting amounts due as reflected in the "Account book of Captain A.J. Bean of Gunnison, Colorado." One of the letters referred to Captain Bean as the "County Clerk & Recorder."

Dates: 1883-1889

A. J. Fynn Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: WH149
Scope and Contents

Collection contains three scrapbooks with clippings, announcements, programs, letters, book reviews, articles, poems, songs.

Dates: 1872-1931

A. L. Anderson Certificate

 Collection
Identifier: M1236
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a certificate signed by City Clerk Mabel Curtis, Montrose, Colo., for the election of A.L. Anderson as City Commissioner.

Dates: November 8, 1921

A Lowrie Letter to W. R. Wetherall

 Collection
Identifier: M1848
Scope and Contents

Correspondence to W. R. Wetherall mentions hunting trip to Ratoon Mountains (Colorado Territory), Colorado Pike's Peak gold rush, Lowrie's plans to accompany Kit Carson the following spring. Includes transcription.

Dates: December 4, 1859

A. Moore Berry Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: WH30
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a scrapbook with newspaper clippings of Berry's career in Denver, Colo. as a lawyer, judge, and member of the Denver Public Library commission. Includes some family items, invitations, typescripts of articles and poems.

Dates: 1903-1910

A. R. Chamberlain Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M959
Scope and Contents

Collection contains documents written by Chamberlain about Colorado and Colorado State University.

Dates: 1977-1978

A. S. Billingsley Diary

 Collection
Identifier: WH34
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a 110 page photocopy of a diary documenting Billingsley's time in Florence and Brownville, Nebraska Territory for the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions (1857-1861); later in Denver and mining camps in Colorado Territory during gold rush days (1861-1862).

Dates: 1857-1862

A Stormy Night in Cheefoo

 Collection
Identifier: M1326
Scope and Contents

Original typed memoir of Naval assignment at Cheefoo, China, on the Yellow Sea.

Dates: 1933

A Story of San Isabel

 Collection
Identifier: M760
Scope and Contents

Various stories including experiences near Silver Cliff, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1900

A. T. Lord Travel Documents

 Collection
Identifier: M250
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a travel diary (February 9 - March 12, 1899) documenting an ocean voyage aboard the Hamburg-American steamship Fürst Bismarck; travel documents: passenger list, menu, hotel laundry list, letter, clippings, ephemera from an 1899 European trip.

Dates: 1899

A. Thompson Diary

 Collection
Identifier: M1632
Scope and Contents

Diary of a trip from Mount Pleasant, Iowa to Montana via New York, the Isthmus, San Francisco, Portland, and the Columbia River; also return trip via Nicaragua. Describes conditions locating and building the wagon road.

Dates: March 5 - November 30, 1866

A.B. Hirschfeld Press Records

 Collection
Identifier: WH2151
Scope and Contents

Collection contains company related records, correspondence, minutes, clippings, contracts, printing jobs, photographs; materials from philanthropic/educational organizations supported by the Hirschfeld family: correspondence, reports, financial information, plaques, certificates, programs; family related ephemera: photographs, guest books, academic records, correspondence.

Dates: 1900-2005

Abelardo (Lalo) Delgado Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH2119
Scope and Contents

Collection includes 4 scrapbooks containing clippings, correspondence, fliers, posters, programs, photographs and other ephemera.

Dates: 1945-1988

Abraham Lincoln Deputy Postmaster Appointment

 Collection
Identifier: -M1428
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a document signed by Lincoln appointing Jason Weeks Deputy Postmaster at Bangor Maine; also signed by William H. Seward, Secretary of State; dated April 4, 1861.

Dates: April 4, 1861

ABRAHAM LINCOLN FELLOWS PAPERS

 Collection
Identifier: WH134
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE The collection includes twenty small field diaries containing handwritten notes and observations Fellows made during various irrigation projects. Specifications and proposals for some of these projects also form a portion of the collection. Business and personal correspondence as well as descriptive travel narratives are also included. Eleven boxes of glass plate lantern slides and photographic prints complete the collection. SERIES 1 BUSINESS...
Dates: 1892-1934